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BARREL HOLDER.

(Application led Apr. 26, 11898.)

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JOHN W. B. COLLINS, OF GREENSBOROUGH, NORTH CAROLINA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO GEORGE P. CRUTCHFIELD, OF SAME PLACE.

BARREL-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part f Letters Patent N0. 627,253, dated June 20, 1899. Application led April 26, 1898. Serial No. 678,898. (No model.)

T0 (0U lll/@0m 71702/ 0077/007702 annular Iiange or enlargement forming the Be it known that I, JOHN W. B. COLLINS, walls of the bearing-sockets. a citizen of the United States, residing at The standard l carries an upper barrel-en- Greensborough, in the county of Guilford and gagng hook S and is provided near its lower 55 State of North Carolina, have invented anew end with a slot 9, receiving a shank or barl() and useful Barrel-Holder, of which the folof a lower barrel-engaging hook 1l, and the lowing is a specification. said standards and thehooks form a crane for The invention relates to improvements in supporting a barrel, and it enables thesame barrel-holders. to be readily swung from beneath the counter 6o Io The object of the present invention is to and returned to such position, so that the barimprove the construction of barrel'holders rel will be out of the way when it is not in use. and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and effi- 'lhevupper barrel-engaging hook is provided cient device adapted to support a barrel and with a pair of prongs for engaging the vtop of enable the same to be readily swung from una barrel at the chime thereof, and the shank 65 l I5 `der a counter to afford access to its contents of the upper hook is provided with an openand capable of being readily operated to reing receiving the bar or standard. The upturn the barrel beneath the counter, so that per hook is adapted to be adjusted on the it will be out of the way when it is not in standard to raise and lower it, so that it may, actual use. he readily arranged in the proper position for 7o zo A farthur object of the invention is to proengaging the barrel or analogous receptacle. vide a barrel-holder adapted to be readily ap- By this construction the barrel holder is plied to a counter and capable of adjustment adapted to accommodate receptacles of difto suit the size and bulge of a barrel or analoferent sizes. `The standard may consist of a gous receptacle. v wooden bar or beam, but can be constructed 75 z 5 The invention consists in the construction of any suitable material, and the upper hook, and novel combination and arrangement of which has its prongs diverging, consists of a parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated casting and may be constructed of any suitin the accompanying drawings, and pointed able metal. out in the claim hereto appended. The lower hook ll is provided with a pair 8o 3o In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective of upwardly-extendingprongs diverging from view of abarrel-holder constructedin accordeach other and adapted to engage the bottom ance with this invention and shown applied of the barrel, and the shank or bar 10 of the to a counter. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional lower hook passes through the slot 9 and is view of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail perspecprovided with a series of perforations l2, 85

View of the upper hook. Fig. l is a similar adapted to receive a pin 13 or other suitable view of the lower hook. Fig. 5 is a d etail perform of key for engaging the standard to hold spective View of one of the bearing-plates. the hook 1l at the desired adjustment. The

Like numerals of reference designate correperforations l2 and the removable pin enable sponding parts in all the figures of the drawthelower hook to be brought toward the stand- 9o 4o ings. ard and arranged at any desired distance l designates a vertical bar or standard detherefrom to accommodate the device to a signed to be mounted beneath a counter 2 barrel. The device is adapted, as clearly and having its ends 3 and 4 rounded to form shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, to support journals and arranged in bearing-sockets 4 the barrel clear of the floor and to enable it 95 and 5 of upper and lower plates 6 and 7, seto be swung inward and outward freely.

cured, respectively, to the lower face of the The invention has the following advantop of the counter and to the floor, as clearly tages: The barrel-holder, which is simple and shown in Fig. 2 of the accompanying drawcomparatively inexpensive in construction, ings. Each bearingplate, which is rectanpossesses great strength and durability and Ico 5o gular, is perforated for the reception of suitis adapted to be readily applied to a counter able fastening devices, and it has a. central and is capable of supporting a barrel above lthe floor and of enabling the same to be swung beneath a counter and outward from under the same, so that the barrel will be out of the way when it is not in actual use. The device is also capable of adjustment to accommodate itself to the size of a barrel and to allow for the bulge of the same.

Changesin the form, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to Without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

What I claim is- A device of the class described, comprising upper and lower bearing-plates, a standard journaled in the bearing-plates and provided at its lower portion With a slot, the upper barrel-engagin g hook provided. in its shank with an openingV receiving the standard, the lower barrel-engaging hook provided with a shank or bar arranged in said slot and provided with perforations arranged -at intervals, and a yfastening device passing through one of the :perforations and engaging the standardv for l securing the lower hook at the desired adjustment, substantially as described. A In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

JOI-IN W. B. COLLINS.

Witnesses:

GEORGE S. BRADSHAW,

EDWARD L. RAGAN. 

